Lester Liu, a PhD student from Newcastle University, may tell you that it's not easy to find.
Liu, a 29-year-old from China, studied industrial relations at (industrial relations), for many years and still couldn't find a major-related job.
At present, he can only work part-time at an Australian company to help translate Chinese documents.
Before that, he also sent a resume to the new state union, but he eventually recruited a local Australian student who did not study industrial relations. Another job requires familiarity with the Chinese and Australian markets, but is also offered by Australian students.
"most recruiters are looking for white students. Basically, as long as you are yellow, everyone will think you are strange and threaten their peaceful life. "
Such a situation, even in Australia with the PR students also appear.
Ian Zhu, also from China, went to the University of Sydney to study accounting in 2010 and got an PR, but got a job two years after graduation.
Prior to his arrival in Australia, he had conducted a four-year audit at Ernst & Young in Shanghai, but when he was looking for a job in Australia, his employer told him that he had little experience in China.
"what they value more is their work experience in Australia."
"probably because I speak English with an accent," Zhu said. But I feel like my English is good. "
Another Filipino student, Pauline Dizon, who got PR through skilled immigrants, was also told when he was looking for a job: "you don't have local work experience, that's a problem."
It sounds like, "you're different from us, it's scary, so we can't hire you."
But Zhu and Dizon are lucky enough to get at least professional-related jobs, and they have friends who end up doing cleaning, sales and restaurant waiters, which have nothing to do with professional physical work.
A couple of immigrants from Singapore, Sydney, said they had been looking for a job for a year and had failed to find middle-level management jobs in engineering information technology. There was no choice but to go to a cafe in Perth, where the cost of living was low.
Back in 2012, the then Australian government published a white paper called Australia in the Asian Century. The white paper refers to making Australia a more Asia-aware and inclusive country.
But as you can see over the years, immigration policies are tightening step by step. Australian companies, as Liu puts it, are caught in a paradox: "on the one hand, they want to make Chinese money, on the other hand, they don't want the Chinese to compete with them for employment." It's normal, people don't want to compete too much, but it's also hypocritical. "
At the end of last year, the Asialink released a survey showing that big Australian companies can only say "don't care about the mouth and be wary of the tolerance" of Asians.
On ASX200's board, less than 4 percent are Asian-American members, compared with 12.2 percent of Australian employees.
Zhu's company made a lot of money from him, though he didn't value his previous work experience in China.
Because Zhu can not only do accounting, but also become a bridge between the company and Chinese customers.
"I have some guests from China. I often translate documents for them. They will all contact me directly, even if they are not my responsibility, "Zhu said.
Shao Hong, an auditor also from China, said: "while many companies also value diversity, they will also be afraid that non-Australian employees will not be able to play their role in the days to come. The typical 'chicken or egg' question. "
There is no way, in a foreign country, it is always inevitable to compete with the local people. Local companies tend to be normal, too. After all, language, lifestyle and workplace culture, they must know better than we do.
Within Australian companies, there are not many Chinese who can do high-level work. Xiaowei has a lot of friends to see in Australia has no prospects for development and returned to China. But there are also some people through unremitting efforts, in Australia set up their own cause, integrated into this society.
Alas, to enjoy Australia's good water and scenery naturally has to face the challenges of integrating into foreign countries. What do you think of this reality?